Jacob Gattman, age 35, Private, Captain S. J. Gholson’s Company, 14th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers,* enlisted May 30, 1861 at Corinth by Capt Gholson for 12 months, “distinguished himself at the Battle of Donelson,” captured at Fort Donelson February 16, 1862, sent to Vicksburg, Miss. from Camp Douglas, Ill. for exchanged September 1, 1862, appointed Color Sergeant October 12, 1862, appointed Ensign April 18, 1864, accepted June 9, paroled at Columbus, Miss. May, 1865

* This company subsequently became Company I, 14th Regiment Mississippi Infantry

M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi